2014 Winter Olympics opening ceremony

The Olympic flame burns Friday in Sochi, Russia, after the opening ceremony of the 2014 Winter Olympics.
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A group of American athletes mug for a camera Friday during the Winter Olympics opening ceremony in Sochi, Russia.
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Steamboat Springs Nordic combined athlete Todd Lodwick carries the American flag and leads the United States Olympic Team into Fisht Olympic Stadium on Friday night during the Opening Ceremonies of the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia. Lodwick, competing in his sixth Winter Olympics, led the team up a ramp that had dropped down from the middle of the floor, then ran ahead, waving the flag with one arm and to a packed, roaring stadium with the other. He then rejoined the front ranks of Team USA and walked with them step for step around the arena.
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Dancers and singers aren't slowed as snow falls from the roof of Fisht Olympic Stadium on Friday during the opening ceremony for the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia.
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A twirling dancer spins with lights on Friday during the opening ceremony for the 2014 Winter Olympics.
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Team Lebanon marched hand in raised hand through the opening ceremony of the 2014 Winter Olympics on Friday.
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Not everything worked out perfectly Friday during the opening ceremony at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia. One of the five Olympic rings dangling from the Fisht Stadium room failed to open.
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The American contingent at the opening ceremonies for the 2014 Winter Olympics makes its way around Fisht Stadium on Friday in Sochi, Russia.
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Enormous horses of light galloped across the stadium Friday at the Winter Olympics opening ceremony in Sochi, Russia.
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Floating buildings and twirling dancers helped open the 2014 Winter Olympics on Friday in Sochi, Russia.
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A Russian waves his country's flag Friday after the opening ceremony for the 2014 Olympic Games.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin waves to the crowd at Friday's opening ceremony of the 2014 Winter Olympics.
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Todd Lodwick leads the U.S. Olympic Team into the 2014 Winter Olympics opening ceremony Friday.
Photo by Joel Reichenberger